The Aqua Galaxy
(Published on 18. August 2023, 06:05 by mathpesto)
AnalyticalNinja and I decided to each set a pencil puzzle combining two genres that were randomly determined with a spinner; we ended up getting Spiral Galaxy + Aquarium. You can check out his resulting puzzle here.
Rules:
Tentaisho: Divide the grid into regions of orthogonally connected cells. Each region contains exactly one circle and is rotationally symmetric around the circle.
Aquarium: Shade some cells in the grid where shaded cells are treated as water and tentaisho regions are treated as aquariums. Each aquarium is filled with water up to a certain level, or left empty. The water level in each aquarium is the same across its entire width.
Arrows: A cell with arrows has a value equal to the size of its region. That value also equals the amount of shaded cells in the arrows' directions combined, not counting the cell itself.
Solve online:
Penpa+ (answer check triggered with edges and gray shading for water)
SudokuPad (no answer check)
Solution code: The region size for each of the twelve cells in Column 11, followed by the number of water cells in Column 11. (13 numbers, no spaces)
Comments
on 7. September 2023, 10:45 by Christounet
Fun puzzle ! Thanks :)
I was confused a moment by the name tentaisho, until I realized it was standard galaxy. I googled it and learned about the multiple meanings of this puzzle name. Interesting.
on 30. August 2023, 14:20 by MagnusJosefsson
Very nice easy puzzle!
on 20. August 2023, 14:02 by Xendari
very nice! :)
on 20. August 2023, 13:25 by szabog
That spinner knew something - It is a good combination. Thank you :)
on 19. August 2023, 18:18 by wooferzfg
Cool puzzle, I liked the Aquarium logic in the second half
on 18. August 2023, 19:12 by topoi
Lovely! Every time I thought I was stuck, some deduction suggested itself and allowed me to progress.
on 18. August 2023, 12:09 by Grausbert
Great puzzle!
on 18. August 2023, 07:19 by cmb
Beautiful.
